Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1a. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. September 2002 August 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 271,622 167,996 313,891 165,618 Ingots And Steel For Castings 457 346 786 726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 46,789 13,244 99,720 21,072 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,841 1,633 3,520 1,217 Plates Cut Lengths 17,244 8,413 17,000 8,715 Plates In Coils 6,407 2,496 12,999 4,931 Rails Standard 325 177 547 295 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,678 25,114 46,903 22,085 Bars - Light Shaped 2,193 914 1,592 726 Bars - Cold Finished 4,178 4,007 1,847 2,411 Tool Steel 12,293 14,290 10,426 13,200 Standard Pipe 848 1,275 642 1,039 Oil Country Goods 9,356 13,160 8,594 10,500 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 17,971 14,364 15,616 12,512 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 315 820 8 53 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,782 10,574 7,718 10,240 Pressure Tubing 3,323 5,975 3,096 6,320 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 540 1,467 415 1,118 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,283 2,352 2,318 1,966 Pipe For Piling 73 143 40 123 Wire Drawn 8,043 7,723 9,865 8,866 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,506 3,728 11,990 4,750 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,639 6,017 17,505 7,969 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,413 17,805 32,117 16,324 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,762 4,435 2,816 2,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,664 4,352 3,607 2,477 Strip - Hot Rolled 742 536 104 62 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,957 2,636 2,100 3,886 __________________________________________________________________________________ August 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,902 171,821 Ingots And Steel For Castings 786 726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 101,555 21,474 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,520 1,217 Plates Cut Lengths 17,215 8,841 Plates In Coils 12,999 4,931 Rails Standard 560 304 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,988 23,172 Bars - Light Shaped 1,751 777 Bars - Cold Finished 2,181 2,657 Tool Steel 11,090 14,077 Standard Pipe 770 1,190 Oil Country Goods 9,798 12,059 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 15,673 12,512 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 8 53 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,082 10,591 Pressure Tubing 3,376 6,973 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 421 1,142 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,318 1,966 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 10,143 9,087 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,991 4,778 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,540 8,194 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 32,429 16,502 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,816 2,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,610 2,494 Strip - Hot Rolled 113 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,168 4,000 __________________________________________________________________________________ September 2001 August 2001 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 264,569 178,496 357,654 191,333 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,885 1,348 2,480 1,511 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,136 4,796 119,323 24,038 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,383 3,611 18,451 5,920 Plates Cut Lengths 28,750 13,549 22,757 13,786 Plates In Coils 10,405 3,635 7,466 3,408 Rails Standard 46 57 117 90 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,030 28,363 58,032 29,089 Bars - Light Shaped 3,524 913 1,284 493 Bars - Cold Finished 7,867 6,068 5,575 6,459 Tool Steel 8,641 12,419 10,888 13,560 Standard Pipe 504 810 466 809 Oil Country Goods 18,830 25,070 16,726 19,232 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 28,555 20,057 3,925 2,703 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,805 2,647 5,068 3,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,570 9,172 10,344 12,444 Pressure Tubing 2,470 4,147 3,689 5,776 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 833 395 1,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 680 554 1,354 1,594 Pipe For Piling 6 3 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 5,461 5,548 7,323 7,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,751 3,842 8,624 4,123 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,101 6,503 17,997 9,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,201 13,111 21,835 11,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,996 2,165 3,536 2,923 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,097 4,801 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 402 339 126 70 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,130 4,137 2,064 4,410 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U. S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."